Memphis police can no longer arrest civilians taking video

12:14 PM,
Dec. 20, 2013

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The Memphis Police Department has put a stop to officers arresting civilians who film them.

The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/1bVqHrN) reports the department has issued an official policy that instructs officers not to arrest people filming them or confiscate their cameras. The newspaper reports the policy was distributed to officers on Tuesday and announced publicly on Thursday.

The move comes after two incidents in October in which civilians were arrested and their cellphone confiscated after they refused to stop filming officers who were working. Both bystanders were ...